how do i read documents

Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 09:16:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Cosyn Bart <Bart.Cosyn@rug.ac.be>
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On Thu, 4 Aug 1994, Rica Saporta wrote:

Dear,

also, we know that we can print out postscript files, but how do we

edit

them?

In addition to Giacomelli's mail I inform you you can find
text-processing and viewing software in the anonymous site:

ftp.sunet.se

in subdirectory /pub/text-processing/postscript

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From: Andrea Giacomelli <andreag@idra1.iar.polimi.it>
Subject: Re: how do i read documents
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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 94 9:00:36 METDST

use 'uncompress'

also, we know that we can print out postscript files, but how do we

edit

them?

As you may observe fromt the discussions on the list, this is a BIG
problem.
In 99% of the cases, you may preview your file with some packages
(ghostview for instance), but editing is something you should usually
do
before creating a ps file

Cheers,

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          Andrea Giacomelli
          
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          DIIAR Politecnico di
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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 07:53:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Brad Robbins (BIO)" <brobbins@chuma.cas.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: how do i read documents
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There are several "zipping" packages available that will uncompress
your
files. Try an "unzip" or "gunzip" command.

I found that you can edit postscript files using UNIX's vi editor. The
problem is reading the script. It will take awhile but after spending
some
time you'll begin to make some sense out of the PS gibberish. At the
start of each page is a header listing the page numbers of the
previous
and next page. Use these as guides to move around in the
document.

Good luck,
Brad Robbins
brobbins@chuma.cas.usf.edu